Summit Leadership-High Desert

Analysis

Summit Leadership-High Desert is a registered charity in United States, based in Hesperia, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Summit Leadership-High Desert reported income of $4.6m and spending of $4.6m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $4.3m to $4.6m (+6.2%), an average of +1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Summit Leadership-High Desert sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Grants Central Station ($4.6m), Columbus Montessori Education Center ($4.6m) and Seattle Girls School ($4.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% and program service revenue 0.2% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $206k (4.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.1m. At year end it held assets of $3.7m against liabilities of $1.6m, net assets of $2.2m. It reported 65 employees.